A method is disclosed for receiving a plurality of play events associated with a sporting event, wherein each play event of the plurality of play events comprises a timestamp; for each of the play events, associating the play event with a sports team of a plurality of sports teams; for each of the play events, associating with the play event a particular icon from among a plurality of different icons based, at least in part, on the sports team that is associated with the play event; causing to display a bar in a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device, wherein the bar represents at least a portion of a time duration of the sporting event; for each of the play events, causing to display the particular icon at a position in the bar, wherein the position is based, at least in part, on the timestamp of the event.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising: using a computer, receiving data that was created during a live game of American football, wherein the data comprises a plurality of play events associated with the live game of American football, wherein the data for each play event comprises a timestamp, a video clip, and an importance field, wherein the importance field is set if possession changed during the play event, and wherein the importance field is set if a score changed during the play event; using the computer, displaying a timeline that is divided into a plurality of segments each corresponding to a different possession by a team in the live game of American football; using the computer, displaying on the timeline an icon for each play event in a position on the timeline based on the timestamp of the play event and in a segment and color corresponding to the team that was in possession of a football at a time of the play event; using the computer, on the timeline, displaying an indicator that is interactively movable along the timeline, wherein a length of the indicator corresponds to a time interval of the timeline and underscores one or more of the play events in the time interval; using the computer, in a panel, displaying a graphical tile for each play event whose timestamp is included in the time interval; wherein the graphical tile of the play event has a particular color that represents a team that was in possession of the football at the time of the play event, wherein the particular color corresponds to the icon of the play event; using the computer, visually indicating at least one of: a referee signal which occurred during a play event, yardage gained during the play event, a contributing player, a numeric representation of a duration of a play event, an interception, a punt, a penalty, or a special teams play; wherein the visually indicating comprises decorating at least one of: the icon of a play event or the graphical tile of a play event; in response to selection of the graphical tile, using the computer, displaying the video clip of the play event of the graphical tile.
The system displays a timeline of an American football game, with icons representing play events. Each play event includes a timestamp, a video clip, and an 'importance' flag set if possession or score changed. The timeline is divided into segments representing team possessions, with play event icons positioned based on timestamp and colored by the team in possession at the time. A movable indicator highlights a time interval, displaying corresponding play events as colored tiles (matching the icon colors) in a separate panel. Visual cues indicate referee signals, yardage, contributing players, play duration, interceptions, punts, penalties, or special teams plays by decorating the icons or tiles. Selecting a tile plays the associated video clip.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein each segment is decorated according to which team had possession during the segment.
Building upon the football game timeline, where play events are displayed as icons on a timeline divided by team possessions and a movable indicator highlights events, the timeline segments themselves are visually decorated to indicate which team had possession during that segment. This provides an additional visual cue to quickly identify possession changes along the timeline.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein displaying an icon comprises, using the computer, decorating the icon according to which team had possession at a start of the play event.
Using the football game timeline display, where play events are represented by icons on a timeline divided by team possessions, the icon's appearance is determined by the team in possession at the *start* of the play event, not necessarily during the entire play event. This allows a user to quickly see which team initiated the play.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, using the computer, on the timeline, indicating a beginning of an official time period of the live game of American football.
In addition to displaying a timeline of a football game with play event icons and possession-based segments, the system also marks the beginning of each official time period (quarters, halves) directly on the timeline. This allows users to quickly reference where each quarter began.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein displaying the video clip comprises a user selecting the video clip from multiple video clips of the play event.
When a user selects a play event tile to view a video clip from the football game timeline display, they are presented with a selection of multiple video clips available for that play event, allowing them to choose which view or angle to watch.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, using the computer, increasing in real time a scale of the timeline as time elapses.
The football game timeline display automatically zooms in (increases scale) in real-time as the game progresses, providing more detail as newer events are added to the timeline. This keeps the most relevant part of the game in focus.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the length of the indicator is interactively adjustable, and further comprising: if the length is increased, using the computer, increasing a size of each graphical tile and increasing an amount of detail displayed in each graphical tile; if the length is decreased, using the computer, decreasing the size of each graphical tile and decreasing the amount of detail displayed in each graphical tile.
The length of the movable indicator that highlights a time interval on the football game timeline is adjustable. Increasing the indicator's length (wider time window) results in larger play event tiles with more detailed information displayed. Decreasing the length (narrower time window) results in smaller tiles with less detail. This provides a zoom-like effect on the detail level of the displayed events.
8. A computer comprising: a display; a processor connected to the display; a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause: receiving data that was created during a live game of American football, wherein the data comprises a plurality of play events associated with the live game of American football, wherein the data for each play event comprises a timestamp, a video clip, and an importance field, wherein the importance field is set if possession changed during the play event, and wherein the importance field is set if a score changed during the play event; displaying a timeline that is divided into a plurality of segments each corresponding to a different possession by a team in the live game of American football; displaying on the timeline an icon for each play event in a position on the timeline based on the timestamp of the play event and in a segment and color corresponding to the team that was in possession of a football at a time of the play event; on the timeline, displaying an indicator that is interactively movable along the timeline, wherein a length of the indicator corresponds to a time interval of the timeline and underscores one or more of the play events in the time interval; in a panel, displaying a graphical tile for each play event whose timestamp is included in the time interval; wherein the graphical tile of the play event has a particular color that represents a team that was in possession of the football at the time of the play event, wherein the particular color corresponds to the icon of the play event; visually indicating at least one of: a referee signal which occurred during a play event, yardage gained during the play event, a contributing player, a numeric representation of a duration of a play event, an interception, a punt, a penalty, or a special teams play; wherein the visually indicating comprises decorating at least one of: the icon of a play event or the graphical tile of a play event; in response to selection of the graphical tile, displaying the video clip of the play event of the graphical tile.
A computer displays a timeline of a live American football game. Data is received comprising play events, each with a timestamp, video clip, and an importance flag (possession/score change). The timeline is segmented by team possession, with play event icons positioned based on timestamp and colored by possessing team. A movable indicator highlights a time interval, displaying corresponding play events as colored tiles (matching the icon colors) in a separate panel. Visual cues indicate referee signals, yardage, contributing players, play duration, interceptions, punts, penalties, or special teams plays by decorating the icons or tiles. Selecting a tile plays the associated video clip.
9. The computer of claim 8 wherein each segment is decorated according to which team had possession during the segment.
This computer system, displaying the football game timeline with play event icons and a movable indicator, decorates each timeline segment to visually indicate which team had possession during that segment.
10. The computer of claim 8 wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause decorating the icon according to which team had possession at a start of the play event.
This computer system, displaying the football game timeline with play event icons, decorates each play event icon based on which team had possession at the *start* of that play.
11. The computer of claim 8 the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause indicating, on the timeline, a beginning of an official time period of the live game of American football.
This computer system, displaying the football game timeline with play event icons and a movable indicator, also marks the beginning of each official time period (quarters, halves) directly on the timeline.
12. The computer of claim 8 wherein displaying the video clip comprises a user selecting the video clip from multiple video clips of the play event.
This computer system, when displaying the video clip for a selected play event tile, presents the user with multiple video clip options to choose from.
13. The computer of claim 8 wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause increasing in real time a scale of the timeline as time elapses.
This computer system, displaying the football game timeline, automatically zooms in (increases the timeline's scale) in real-time as the game progresses.
14. The computer of claim 8 wherein the length of the indicator is interactively adjustable, and the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause: if the length is increased, increasing a size of each graphical tile and increasing an amount of detail displayed in each graphical tile; if the length is decreased, decreasing the size of each graphical tile and decreasing the amount of detail displayed in each graphical tile.
In this computer system displaying the football game timeline, the movable indicator's length is adjustable. If the length is increased, the corresponding play event tiles become larger and display more details. If the length is decreased, the tiles become smaller and display less detail.
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